US9068709B2 - Optical unit for signaling and/or lighting device - Google Patents
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- the invention relates notably to an optical unit for a motor vehicle signaling and/or lighting device.
- An optical waveguide is, for example, very schematically speaking, an elongate element of transparent material, generally having a cylindrical-type cross section. Near one of the ends of the guide, referred to as the input face of the guide, there is or are one or more light sources, for example a small-sized light source of the light-emitting diode type: the rays of light emitted by the source travel by total reflection along the length of the guide toward its opposite end referred to as the terminal face of the guide.
- the guide thus emits light along its entire length. It has the advantage of being able to adopt very varied geometric shapes, of being straight or curved, and of conveying a lighting surface even to somewhat inaccessible regions of the vehicle light or headlamp. It thus makes a substantial contribution to the style of the light or headlamp.
- Such lighting device with an optical waveguide for a motor vehicle is known for example from patent application EP 1 780 463.
- one subject of the invention is an optical unit, notably for a motor vehicle signaling and/or lighting device, comprising:
- the board is Secured, directly or indirectly, to the light guide by clip-fastening.
- the optical unit comprises a hood fixed, preferably by clip-fastening, to the light guide and designed to accept the board.
- the hood is designed to be fixed to the board by clip-fastening.
- the hood comprises at least one clip-fastening tab, notably at least two clip-fastening tabs, notably facing one another.
- the hood comprises at least one positioning tab for the board, preferably at least two positioning tabs notably facing one another.
- the hood comprises at least one slot designed to accept one edge of the board. This allows the board to be positioned and held in position.
- the board may, if appropriate, bear an electrical connector connected to the electric circuit of the board, and the hood advantageously comprises a housing designed to accept this connector, at least partially.
- the hood is designed to prevent light from the light guide and/or from the light source from leaking to the outside.
- the hood comprises a barrel at least partially surrounding an end portion of the light guide, the barrel making it possible to prevent light from leaking to the outside.
- the barrel of the hood surrounds the light source.
- the light guide comprises a main body of elongate shape along a predetermined curvilinear axis, and a tab running transversely to this predetermined direction, and connected to this body.
- the hood comprises a cavity designed to accept at least an end portion of the transverse tab of the light guide.
- the hood comprises at least one clip-fastening tab designed to collaborate with the transverse tab of the light guide, this clip-fastening tab being notably parallel to the aforementioned barrel.
- the barrel may have a slot for the passage of the transverse tab of the light guide.
- the hood is made as a single piece.
- the light guide is made as a single piece, including the transverse tab, which tab notably corresponds to an injection tab.
- the light guide comprises two longitudinal ends and each of these ends accepts a light source and a board, and possibly a hood as aforementioned.
- the board bearing the light source is notably a printed circuit board.
- Another subject of the invention is a lighting and/or signaling device, notably for a motor vehicle, comprising an optical unit as defined hereinabove.
- This device may for example be designed to contribute to a legally-required signaling function, notably a DRL (daytime running light) function or a town beam function.
- a legally-required signaling function notably a DRL (daytime running light) function or a town beam function.
- a further subject of the invention is a method for fixing a light source to a light guide in a motor vehicle lighting and/or signaling device, this method involving the following steps:
- the method may involve the following step:
- FIGS. 1 to 3 are schematic and partial perspective illustrations of the optical unit according to one embodiment of the invention, from different angles;
- FIG. 4 is a schematic and partial perspective depiction of the optical unit of FIGS. 1 to 3 , without the printed circuit board;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic and partial depiction of the light guide of the optical unit of FIGS. 1 to 4 by itself;
- FIG. 6 is a schematic and partial cross section through the optical unit of FIGS. 1 to 4 .
- FIGS. 1 to 3 and 6 depict an optical unit 1 for a motor vehicle signaling and/or lighting device which comprises:
- the board 3 is borne by the light guide 5 , namely for example during a handling operation (notably on a production line), it is possible to take hold of the light guide with the board remaining secured to this light guide, preferably via a hood described later on.
- the light guide 5 has a cross section of substantially circular shape.
- this light guide 5 is based on a transparent polymer made of polycarbonate (or polymethylmethacrylate PMMA, or other suitable polymer).
- the light guide 5 comprises a main body 8 of curved elongate shape along a predetermined curvilinear axis X, and a tab 9 running transversely to this predetermined direction X (as can be seen in FIG. 5 ).
- the body 8 of the light guide may be of rectilinear shape.
- the tab 9 has a shape with two bends 11 . This tab 9 acts as an injection tab.
- the body 8 of the light guide 5 also has positioning bosses 12 for positioning a hood that is described later on.
- the light guide 5 comprises a light input facet 6 at one of the ends of the body 8 , and the light-emitting diode 2 is positioned facing this.
- the body 8 of the light guide may possibly have another end facet, opposite the facet 6 , with another LED positioned facing it.
- the light guide 5 further comprises two main faces oriented along the length thereof along the curvilinear axis X:
- the optical unit 1 comprises a hood 15 fixed, by clip-fastening, to the light guide 5 and designed to accept the board 3 .
- the hood 15 comprises two clip-fastening tabs 16 facing one another and which hold the board 3 in position after fitting (see FIG. 3 in particular).
- the hood 15 comprises positioning tabs 17 against which the board 3 is held.
- the hood 15 comprises a plurality of supports 18 , three of them in the example described, on which the board 3 rests (see FIG. 4 ).
- the hood 15 also comprises a slot 19 designed to accept one edge 20 of the board 3 , so as to position it and hold it in position.
- the axis X of the body 8 of the guide 5 intersects the board 3 more or less at right angles (see FIG. 6 ).
- the board 3 bears an electrical connector 23 connected to the electric circuit of the board, and the hood 15 comprises a housing 24 designed to accept this connector 23 , at least partially.
- the hood 15 is designed to prevent light from the light guide 5 and/or from the light source 2 from leaking to the outside.
- the hood 15 comprises a barrel 26 substantially surrounding an end portion 27 of the light guide 5 , the barrel 26 making it possible to prevent light from leaking to the outside, as depicted notably in FIGS. 1 and 6 .
- the barrel 26 which is substantially cylindrical, of the hood also surrounds the LED 2 .
- the hood 15 has a cavity 29 designed to accept at least an end portion 30 of the transverse tab 9 of the light guide 5 (see notably FIG. 2 ), to avoid leaks of light coming from the tab 9 .
- the hood 15 comprises a clip-fastening tab 32 designed to collaborate with the transverse tab 9 of the light guide, this clip-fastening tab 32 running being notably parallel to the aforementioned barrel 26 (see notably FIG. 2 ).
- the barrel 26 comprises a slot 33 for the passage of the transverse tab 9 of the light guide 5 .
- the hood 15 is made as a single piece, for example out of plastics material.
- the board 3 bearing the light source is notably a printed circuit board.
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